Hose-holder.



J. A. DARST & M. BRITTAIN.

HOSE HOLDER.

- APPLICATION FILED 001 .15, 1910.

996,464, I Patented June 27, 1911.

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JACOB A. DARST AND MONROE'BRITTAIN, 0F CALDWELL, KANSAS.

HOSE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentgd t me 27, 1911,.

Application filed October 15, 1910. Serial No. 587,322.

that the water can be delivered in any di rection.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an adjustable member for supporting the nozzle and a base member rotatably supporting the said adjustable member so that the adjustable member and the hose can be conveniently adjusted without changing the position of the base meinber.

In the drawing, forming a portion of this specification and in which likenumerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views :Figure l is. a. perspective view of our lmproved hose holder. Flg. 2 is a detail sectlon through the upper arm of the adjustable member showing the appli cation of the hose thereto and illustrating the adjustment of the spray arm with respect to the nozzle so as to form a spray.

Our improved hose holder comprises a base member or stand 1 which is constructed to provide a head 2 and a plurality of sup porting legs 3. The head 2 is provided with an upstanding post 4: which is threaded for the adjustment thereon of a clamping nut The adjustable member 6 of the holder comprises a lower arm 7 and an upper arm 8. The lower arm is curved rearwardly from the head 2 and then upwardly and forwardly and at its extremity it is constructed to form an eye 9 which alines with similar eyes in the integrally connected sides 11 of the upper arm 8. A clamping bolt 12 extends through the alining eyes 9 and 10 and the nut 13 thereof can be conveniently adjusted to hold the upper arm in the required adjusted position. Each side member 11 of the upper arm is formed intermediate of its length to provide one jaw of a hoseereceiving fork let. At the upper end the said upper arm has its side members connected by an offset arcuate portion 15 which provides a seat for the nozzle A of the hose B shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. Adjacent to the seal-forming portion of the upper arm the side members 11 are formed to provide alining eyes 16 to which the shank members 17 of a spray plate 18 are pivotally connected. The spray plate is of concavo-convex form, having its concaved surface immediately in'front of the nozzle, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing so that the full force of the stream is applied directly to the said concaved surface. From this construction the most effective spray can be obtained.

The spray plate, when not desired for use,

'may be moved to the position shown in dotted, lines in Fig. 2. The clamping nut 5 may be operated to enable the operator to move the upper arm of the adjustable memher at any desired angle with respect to the base member or head 2. By rotatably mounting the lower arm of the adjustable member on the head 2 the said member and the-hose maybe rotated horizontally without lifting the base member, as will be understood. The lower arm of the adjustable member is provided with cooperating hosegripping jaws 19.

1. A. hose holder comprising a supporting member, a horizontally adjustable arm thereon, a vertically adjustable arm on the first arm, the said second arm being provided at its outer end with a downwardly curved nozzlesupporting portion, and a clamp formed onthe second arm immediately at the r ar of the said nozzle-sup porting portion.

2. A hose holder comprising a supporting member an arm horizontally adjustable thereon and provided with a hose receiving a clamp, a second arm comprising a member formed toprovide substantially identical side portions which are pivoted at their inner ends to the outer extremity of the first I Intestimony whereof We afiix our signaarm, the said side members of the second tures in presence of two witnesses' arm being connected with each other by a JACOB A. DARST.

downwardly curved nozzle-supporting por- MONROE BRITTAIN.

tion, and a nozzle clamp on the second arm Witnesses:

and disposed immediately at the rear of the L. D. RICHARDS,

4 said curved nozzle supperting portion. C. A. HOUGH. 

